84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཉེས་བྱས། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཉེས་བྱས།

  • nyes byas
  • duṣkṛta
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • misdeed
  • ཉེས་བྱས།
  • nyes byas
  • duṣkṛta
Definition in this text:

One of five types of offenses a monk can incur. Misdeeds are the least grave offense a monk may incur. Thus, a monk must refrain from each of 112 misdeeds. To purify this offense, a monk must only confess it.